Building Bridges of Tribal-Local Government Understanding
Dr. Alfred Balitzer recently retired from a distinguished 35-year academic career at Claremont McKenna College where he taught American government, political philosophy and U.S.-Asian relations. Currently, he is a Member of the Board of Trustees and Senior Fellow at Claremont Graduate University. From 2004-2006, he served as the Chair of the Advisory Board of the California Policy Institute at Claremont Graduate University.
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